Police seize 1.2m counterfeit DVDs

Police have seized $20 million worth of DVDs following police raids in Sydney's north-west.

Joint investigations by the Australian Taxation office and the New South Wales Police Force has led to a crackdown on a large counterfeit DVD network.

Police say the network, using multiple names and addresses, imported the counterfeit DVDs and repackaged them for sale on online auction sites.

Yesterday officers raided a factory at Kings Park and a home in Marayong, where they found around 1.2 million suspected counterfeit high-quality DVDs and a number of other items including computers, documents and cash.

Officers say more than 65,000 DVDs worth $1.6 million have already been sold to individuals and retail outlets.

Police say if all of the DVDs were distributed, it could potentially have cost the Australian film and TV industry more than $60 million.

A 28-year-old woman has been charged with dishonestly obtaining property by deception and selling infringing copy of a work.